morris museum

The museum is small but charming and a perfect place to browse while visiting the area. Shows at the Bickford Theatre are very entertaining! Children will love the train model and pushing the buttons to operate the lights and action!

Went with my two sons, ages 1 and 5. All of us had a nice time. It took us a couple hours to do the whole museum. They both loved the special train exhibit that is on display til March 1st. There is also a small dinosaur display along with Native American artifacts and a whole wing devoted to gemstones. Very clean, child and stroller-friendly. A little pricey for a family of four but a nice afternoon overall.Would definitely recommend to others!

if you are looking for a common theme across the various exhibits, stop looking. There is no common theme. Sections include music, historical items, natural history, masks, chairs of inclusion, doll houses, model trains, Lego structures and mineral collection. All of them are interesting. They participate in multiple programs including pay.optional entrance on Thursdays. Exciting and fun for kids too...

I just visited the Morris Museum and saw the most elegant and intricate Music Box display. To think the 17th century had no music as we have it readily in our lives. They made beautiful music boxes and shows you how the music comes out through paper punched with holes. There was a display on Dinosaurs in another room. The Train exhibit just opened up last week. Learn a lot about the Man John Stevens of Hoboken who rally to have the present day M&E train line in NJ back in the 1800s. I was very impressed with all the exhibits Morris Museum had this month. It is a must see and you can go on Thursday evening and leave a donation not a full admission. Always nice to see our local history and realize how very lucky we people are today to live in this world with so much right at our fingertips.

Went with extended family the say after thanksgiving. Parts are a churns museum parts are an art museum, and the Guinness exhibit of music boxes is smithsonian like.

A rather eclectic collection but each one fascinating and well presented. The current Pulp Culture: Paper is the Medium special exhibit is wonderful. Go soon; it ends in early December.

Good info center and history displays with wonderful park setting, lots of trails as well for walking and biking. Nice tie-in to other historical local sites.

If you love seeing carefully curated collections of (somewhat random) fascinating things that were gathered together by someone who was passionately interested in each individual subject, you will LOVE this museum! For instance, in one afternoon at this museum you could watch an amazing demonstration of how antique musical automata work, followed by a visit to a thriving bee colony, followed by a walk into a room filled with brilliantly-colored phosphorescent rocks. There is not much in the way of less-interesting, related information; the bees, and the brilliant displays next to them about bees, were not next to other displays about ants and termites and weevils and other social insects of the world. That was fine by me. To me, everything in the museum was randomly fascinating. If you go, try to go at a time that will include 2pm, because that's when a docent will give you a tour through the musical automata, and that is a wonderful experience. Our docent today was Shep, who was utterly charming. When he started up the musical instruments, it was truly magical - I felt like I was standing in a dance hall from 100 years ago. Highly recommended!

There are so many wonderful exhibits that rotate through the Morris Museum. The permanent collections are great also. There are often interactive exhibits and then there's the ever popular train exhibit. The Murdoch (permanent) Automata are fabulous. There are also many on-site and outreach educational programs, lectures and a small theatre. It is well with the trip for everyone.

We took our elementary-aged kids to this museum and we all enjoyed it. It was interesting for adults, and also had some interactive exhibits for kids. There's a variety of exhibits to keep it interesting. We spent about 2-3 hours there.

Nothing for younger kids to do-very boring-wasted our money in there-literally in there for under 10 minutes

We'd heard about this museum shortly after the movie "Hugo" came out, and we went to see the Automata exhibit. I was amazed by the massive collection, and we took the guided tour through the exhibit which involved watching some of the machines working. This was really cool, and I highly recommend it--however, this might not be for little ones. Some of the automatons might be a bit intimidating for kids, and they might not appreciate the advanced mechanics of them.The only reason I'm not giving a full five stars was that the rest of the museum seemed a little lacking, especially after seeing the automata exhibit. Looking at other reviews, it seems like perhaps we missed some very interesting temporary exhibits, so I would absolutely recommend this museum.

The Morris Museum really is a hidden gem! Located in Morristown, NJ just a 45 minute ride from Cliffside Park, the museum is a perfect blend of old and new starting with the building structure itself. Part mansion, part modern, the museum sits inconspicuously in a residential area of town, yet five minutes from the hustle and bustle of downtown Morristown and General George Washington’s headquarters!The Morris Museum offers a little bit of everything and the seasonal changing exhibits make it a museum to visit over and over again. Appropriate for ages 3 and up, the museum has lots to offer. Although the concepts for certain exhibits may be better suited for kids ages 10 & up, there are so many hands-on features that make it intriguing for the little ones as well. From dinosaurs, rocks and minerals and model trains to traveling exhibits like The Brick Art of Nathan Sawaya (using Legos) and Beards: The Long & Short of It, there is plenty to explore on all three floors! Touch and feel fossils and hear sounds of NJ’s Hadrosaur, push buttons that turn on lights and sirens at the mega model train exhibit, stand in the fluorescent black light room to see glow in the dark rocks and minerals, take a look back at tunes through time in the music workshop room; these are just a few of the hands-on things to do! The museum also houses the Bickford Theatre were various concerts and plays are held throughout the year for an extra fee.Cliffside Park residents using the library's pass can take advantage of our free admission for 2 adults and up to 3 children. I would highly suggest visiting the Morris Museum on the same day as Imagine That! (library pass good for up to 4 people, see separate review) located in Florham Park. Both places can be toured in approx. 2 hours each, so it would be perfect to visit one place in the morning, then grab a bite to eat in any of Morristown’s trendy food venues, and visit the second place in the afternoon to round out a great day trip away from home. Make sure to call ahead of time or visit the museums' websites for days and hours of operation. Questions about the library passes can be answered here: http://cliffsidepark.bccls.org/museum-pass.php

There is a lot to learn about at the Morris Museum. The permanent collection has a nice representation of native New Jersey mammals and the early American portraits are worth seeing. The temporary exhibitions featuring Lego art, bird eggs, and doll houses were a hit with my 7- and 4-year olds.

The Morris Museum provides a wonderful and warm place to take the family for the day. The doll houses, trains and egghibit were marvelous. The music boxes provided an interactive part and the Lego exhibit was fantastic ! The pottery by Albert Green is always on exhibit and well worth seeing.We were so impressed that we joined the museum and plan to spend more time there with our grandchildren My husband and I attended a show in the theater a few weeks ago. What a wonderful museum !